Foes - Sontarans

A Guide to Classic Who references (and other references) including friends of the Doctor.

Sontarans are a cloned warrior race from the planet Sontar.

• A war-like race.

• At war with the Rutans.

• Green-blooded.

• Clone race.

• Have a "probic vent" - a weak point at the back of their neck:

Classic Who appearances:

• A Sontarans first appeared the Third Doctor story, "The Time Warrior" (Season 11), in which a Sontaran warrior called Linx it kidnapping scientist from the present to repair his spaceship in 13th Century England.

• The Fourth Doctor faces one in "The Sontaran Experiment" (Season 12) in which Field Marshall Styre experiments on astronauts who have crashed on an abandoned Earth to test human limitations in preparation for an invasion.

• In "The Invasion of Time" (Season 15) the Sontarans attempt to invade Gallifrey.

• The Second Doctor and the Sixth Doctor get mixed up with the Sontaran's time travel experiments in "The Two Doctors" (Season 22).

New Who.

• Sontarans have appeared in the new Doctor Who and in The Sarah Jane Adventures.

~ DUG.

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